Friday Link Wrapup

This week’s WordPress and web marketing links.

Is your site slow? One reason may be that your images aren’t optimized. Learn more about optimizing images.

Being hacked can cost you more than money. Learn how a hacked website can impact your business.

Using autoinstallers to install WordPress on your new hosting account can be more risky than you might think – you have little to no control over what’s being installed. Learn more about why you should install WordPress manually.

Meta Slider is one of my go-to plugins for client sites. It’s a simple, responsive slider that’s very easy to use. As it has the functionality of four slider plugins (Nivo Slider, Flex Slider 2, Responsive Slides and Coin Slider) there are a good number of design options even in the free version, and there’s a Pro version if you need layering and animation. Read the review.